AP English Interrogation of Dick’s Parents The feelings Richard Hickock’s parents have toward his life style are revealed as Capote incorporates jaded and disenchanted tones into the scene of their interrogation. Mr. and Mrs. Hickock spent years and years struggling to provide for Dick, their...
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Study Questions for Lord of the Flies-Assignment #4, Ch. 10-12 Chapter Ten 1. What is the significance of the title “The Shell and the Glasses”? The shell symbolizes Ralph’s authority. As Ralph loses his authority, the shell becomes unwanted and “still glimmered by the chief’s seat” (Golding 168)...
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Balcony Scene Comparison Shakespeare and Rostand employ unique writing methods in order to show the battle the characters in each of their plays, Romeo and Juliet and Cyrano de Bergerac partake in to express their true feelings for one another. Each play utilizes the motifs and themes of light...
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The Crucible: The Deterioration of Salem During the Witch Trials John Hudson Mrs. Phillips The deterioration of Salem's social structure precipitated the murders of many innocent people. Arthur Miller's depiction of the Salem witch trials, The Crucible, deals with a community that starts out...
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The Odyssey Odysseus was always considered to be a great man and a great hero. He was known for his brain as well as his muscle. He was an epic hero of a narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes. He possesses qualities superior to those of most men, yet remains recognizably human. These...
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"A Clockwork Orange" "A Clockwork Orange" is a film about a gang of "droogs" who take pleasure in crime. They enjoy raping and torturing their innocent victims for their own pleasure. The main characters' name is Alex. Alex's diagnosis is Antisocial Personality Disorder (Psychopath). When caught...
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Dickens showed how women can help men escape from their own shackles if life and how they made men act according to their will. Incorporation of women characters in the novel also became a way to insert a typical family setting, with a mother being the emotional support to her family Lucie...
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The time period of the publication of Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton coincides with the transitional era prior to the official beginning of the apartheid that lasted a few decades in the South African history. This period in the South Africa was important for the history of the country...
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Fallen Angels Essay, Research Paper September 15, 1967 Characters- “Peewee” -Gates Richie “Perry”-main character, soldier Judy Duncan-nurse Lt. Wilson Kenny-Perry’s brother Jenkins-soldier Johnson-soldier Lt. Carrol- Perry’s Lt. Sg. Simpson- Sg. Of Perry’s squad Captain Stewart Chapter 1- Perry on...
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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is a riveting mystery novel about the tragic murder of a family. In it, Capote provides an extensive description about the town and it's residents. Capote views Holcomb, Kansas, as a small, dry town that many people have never heard of, until that devastating night...
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Lord of the Flies has more than one “theme,” or meaning, but the overall and most important one is that the conditions of life within society are closely related to the moral integrity of its individual members. In Golding’s own words: “The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back...
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As its most central concept, the whole of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet revolved on the topic of love. However, despite the overexposure of the topic of love that often leads to numerous authors and poets to provide love a shaky and shallow framework, Shakespeare managed to provide a...
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“Compare and contrast the mythological aspects of the Aeneid with those found in the Greek Iliad and Odyssey. Do you think Aeneas is more of a hero than either Achilles or Odysseus? Explain your answer. ” In order to properly compare and contrast the mythological aspects of Aeneid with Iliad and...
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The Crucible: Deterioration of Social Order In Salem The trumped-up witch hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts, deteriorated the rational, and emotional stability of its citizens. This exploited the populations weakest qualities, and insecurities. The obvious breakdown in Salem's social order led to...
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Everyone has a home. Regardless of its location, it is a place of acceptance and belonging. In a sense it's where the heart is. Though in The Odyssey, the concept of home is blurry and for the most part incomplete, it is the most important thing to Odysseus, and he is willing to go through utter...
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Mary Reilly Mary Reilly the movie, and the book The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are similar in many ways, but like the other 120+ films based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novella, it is also very different. Both Mary Reilly’s theme and story line are different from the book’s. To...
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The idea of a society being controlled, and, or one that is in a state of dystopia is most definitely present in George Orwell's 1984. The story takes place in Orwell's perspective of 1984, and revolves around the life of Winston Smith, a writer for the government. It is made clear through...
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Introduction Charles Dickens made an imprint in literature by his classic work of A Tale of Two Cities. The political turmoil that revolved around the story is a reflection of the current social context which Dickens experienced. A tale of two notable cities both leading to become key powers in...
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Both fathers in the novel, Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton share a journey of self-sacrifice and understanding of one another. Kumalo travels in search for his son but also travels through his emotions towards tradition. Mr. Jarvis travels to understand what his son did and traveled to find...
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POLICE AND AUTHORITIES The police are presented as being very professional and intelligent. The manner in which they speak is very formal. Dewey mentions that his attitude towards the crime was a "Personal proposition" because his family knew the Clutters. This shows that he has deep morals and...
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Lord of the Flies Typically, in western culture masculinity is traditionally constructed as a way to show physical superiority. Masculinity in society is typically shown through the physical body which shows that masculinity is generally constructed to be heroic and a dominant power. This is shown...
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Teiresias vs. Oedipus The play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles tells about a man who is blind to see his own fate. The King goes through many different hubris acts leading up to the reason why he is blind. Throughout the play many different people try to tell Oedipus what's happening but he doesn't want...
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Critique of Romeo and Juliet the Movie There have been many romantic films made in the past as well as now in the present, from Wuthering Heights to Pretty Woman. But, one of the most romantic of all films is the story of Romeo and Juliet. It is safe to say that most people are familiar with this...
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The Crucible: Evil and Greed In Man High personal, acquisitions, evil desires and massive greed took part in shortening the fuse of the chaotic corruption of the Salem witch trials. Amidst the quiet and peaceful period of the Puritan era in America, not everything seemed as they were. Disorder and...
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When my parents first told me that it would be a good idea for me to read Tuesdays With Morrie, my perception of the memoir was that it was an account of an old man dying. This did not seem, to me, to be the most interesting topic to read about. I reluctantly began the book and soon became quite...
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The most interesting and significant character in A tale of two cities is Sydney Carton, the man who has achieved a moral status because he was a sacrificing man. Jerry appears as a clown, while Madame Garange appears too cold and callous to be admired. Carlton is someone unique. Unlike Garange...
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September 28, 2011 AP Composition In Cold Blood Assignment Word Count: 997 Truman Capote wrote the book, In Cold Blood, in order to inform the world about the true story of the Clutter family. However, no one expected the book to be extraordinarily written. Capote used a technique for his book...
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In the play Oedipus by Sophocles, King Oedipus is nothing but a self diluted ruler who thinks too highly of himself. He calls the most respected and revered prophet in the land a liar and scam artist to his face "Say what you will. Whatever you say is worthless? Wealth, power, craft of...
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Romeo and Juliet: They Did it to Themselves The fall of Romeo and Juliet is a culmination of many factors. A controlling father, an ongoing feud and a gullible friar all contribute to this catastrophe, but, for the most part, it was Romeo and Juliet themselves that lent a hand to their own doom...
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The Crucible: The Witchcraft Hysteria In 1692, in Salem Massachusetts, the superstition of witches existed in a society of strong Christian beliefs. Anybody who acted out of the ordinary was accused of being a witch and then the accuse would actually be forgiven if the blamed their accusations on...
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The Old Man and The Sea: Analysis of Santiago Ross Mueller Mr. Harocopos AP. English 11 29 September 1996 Ernest Hemingway had a specific type of character in each and every one of his works of literature. These characters were called the Hemingway Code Heroes. Hemingway Code Heroes followed a...
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In Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange, we see the dilemma of a young man named Alex. Alex and his droogs live a violent life of stealing, raping, and ultra-violence. In the book, Alex is only fifteen but in Kubrick's film Alex is a shade older. The book is about the effects of a controlling...
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Charles Dickens set off his controversial book, A Tale of Two Cities with a touch on the authenticity of existence of the plight of the French Revolution under the tyranny of French aristocrats. Unlike his other novels, A Tale of Two Cities was published on a weekly basis in which the first part...
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'Bartleby the Scrivener' by Herman Melville is a very interesting story. It is in fact an allegory I believe. It is a great example of the debate between Neoclassicism and romanticism. It is also a satire on the office world. Bartleby, the title character, is a Romantic living in a...
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Cry, the Beloved Country – a Story of Comfort in Desolation Describe the beginning and/or the ending of the text, and explain why they were effective. All excellent novels have an important and significant beginning that helps set the story in motion. The beginning of each book in the thought...
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Setting and theme in Thomas Hardy’s novel “Far from the Madding Crowd” have a close relationship, and this is exemplified constantly throughout the story. With the most prominent themes in the novel include social hierarchy of the Victorian era, the concept of unrequited love...
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The Power of Secondary Characters in Golding’s Lord of the Flies. “Secondary Characters are characters that are not the central characters that are the mainstay of a story, but still keep relevance because of their actions and proceedings that have great influence in a story. ” -Chris Chen. In the...
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Looking For Alaska In life we face many issues and challenges. Perhaps the most challenging time is when we are Teens. Being a teen means being in that time period when we feel invincible, reckless and we are still trying to figure out who we are. For Miles Halter, he was just like everybody else...
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Contrast Essay: Romeo and Juliet Often times people say that William Shakespeare was and still is a legend. They are correct. It is amazing how Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet written centuries ago can be better than Franco Zefferelli's movie production of Romeo and Juliet, which had much...
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From the dawning of modern human thought, humans have questioned the nature of life and its passing. One of the most fundamental questions to arise from this train of thought is the ideas of fate and duty. We humans desire to know whether the path of our lives is preordained and unalterable or if...
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An American tragedy: Comparing "The Crucible" and "The Scarlet Letter" by: Jamie Newlands Two American authors, of two distinctly different time periods had one very similar task, to turn a piece of American History into a believable tragedy. Arthur Miller with The Crucible and Nathaniel Hawthorne...
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In the modern world, people, as a society, have always given themselves a goal or goals that they would like to attain at some point during their lifetime. Many people seek to attain riches, love, happiness or high stature within society. When we people set that goal, we tend to mold our...
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The Old Man and The Sea: An Analysis I read this book for the first time in high school and I remembered it just as well as if I had read it yesterday. As I read it again I remembered some of the same language, especially the old man talking to his hands. Cursing his left hand when it cramped up...
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Bartleby, the Scrivener During a period of depression and eye problems from 1853-56, Melelville published a series of stories. Melville exploits Bartleby's infamous remark "I would prefer not to" to reflect his protesting attitude toward his meaningless job. Secondly, Melville gives attention to...
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is a literary work by Harriet Ann Jacobs. She starts it with an autobiography that narrates her painful ordeals. The autobiography is meant to help in the abolition of slave trade. Jacobs has used Linda Brent as the main character to help in narrating her...
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Macbeth is considered one of the greatest and shortest tragedies that William Shakespeare has ever written. Similar to his tragic heroes like Othello and Hamlet, Macbeth was initially portrayed as a courageous hero who had defeated the kingdom’s enemy. However, in this story, Macbeth and his wife...
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Looking For Alaska Book Report – Eulogy Hello everyone. I would like to thank you all for coming to honor our friend, Alaska Young. I am Miles Halter, known to most as Pudge. I transferred to Culver Creek Boarding School from Florida to ‘seek a Great Perhaps’, to leave behind the insignificant...
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Romeo and Juliet: Medicines Used In The renaissance Romeo and Juliet both killed themselves with poison, although it was not synthetic drugs. The poison had to be as powerful, some scholars believe that it was hemlock that sealed the fate of the two start crossed love, other are skeptical, but we...
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The Crucible: John Proctor A character is an elaborate blend of emotions and characteristics. Even though the character's emotions are significant because they make an individual feel for the character may it be sympathy or anger. The characteristics are very also important because they make the...
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Camus' "The Stranger": Choice and Individual Freedom Are Integral Components of Human Nature Camus's The Stranger is a grim profession that choice and individual freedom are integral components of human nature, and the commitment and responsibility that accompany these elements are ultimately the...
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